Two J-League players who elaborately combined to take a penalty at the weekend were deemed to have broken the rules, Japanese officials said on Wednesday.
Chinese referee Shen Huangying has denied a state media report that she was questioned by police as part of an ongoing match-fixing investigation, a Beijing newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Four top Chinese referees, including one former World Cup and one current international official, have been taken for questioning by police investigating match-fixing in Chinese soccer, state media reported on Monday.
The Global Times newspaper named the four as Lu Jun, who officiated at the 2002 World Cup finals but is now retired, Huang Junjie, who has been on the FIFA’s international list since 1998, women’s referee Shen Huangying and Guangdong referee Zhou Weixin.
China’s match-fixing scandal is a symptom of the problems that bedevil soccer in the country and urgent restructuring of the game is needed to prevent its recurrence, according to Shanghai Shenhua owner Zhu Jin.
Chinese soccer sunk to new depths this year with the arrest of the head of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) Nan Yong and more than 20 other officials on match-fixing charges.
Chinese police have received approval from state prosecutors to arrest the former head of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) Nan Yong on bribery charges, state media reported on Monday.
More Chinese clubs are being investigated for match-fixing and will be harshly punished if found guilty, according to the new head of the Chinese Football Association (CFA).
Two top-flight Chinese soccer clubs have been relegated to the second division after club officials were found guilty of match-fixing and gambling, state media reported on Monday.
The Chinese Football Association’s (CFA) disciplinary committee had decided to relegate Guangzhou GPC and Chengdu Blades, the China Daily newspaper said on its website (www.chinadaily.com.cn), citing the governing body.
Qatar and South Korea’s bids to host the 2022 World Cup are good campaigns based on bringing peace to their regions, Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Mohamed Bin Hammam has said.
Bin Hammam was speaking in Seoul where he met with FIFA Vice President and AFC Executive Committee member Chung Mong-joon and Korean Football Association (KFA) President Cho Chung-yung to discuss the bids from the two nations.
Indonesia’s surprise bid to host the 2022 World Cup seems to be over after a government official told Reuters on Friday that the priority should be to improve the standard of the national team.
The ambitious bid by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) relied on financial support from the government, who said they were more concerned with the team improving on their FIFA world ranking of 136.
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) is not fundamentally dishonest despite the arrest of three top officials in a match-fixing scandal, China’s new soccer supremo Wei Di said on Tuesday.
Wei’s predecessor Nan Yong, his deputy Yang Yimin, the former head of refereeing and a marketing executive at the CFA were among more than 20 officials arrested or detained in the last two months on suspicion of match-fixing.